A decade ago, back when I was a kid, I used to play this computer game – just a sec – … was it Warcraft II, Civilization maybe? Can’t be to sure about it, but what I remember is that there was a character who kept yelling The end is near! – in sort of dramatical way. Dunno what the connection was, but I remember the atmosphere which reminds me greatly of today’s post.

I love the skull illusions. I got hooked on Vanity. Wish I could display them in my office but I got in Dutch when I tried. Ah, well. No accounting for taste.

elevown

The guy has just been mirrored- as is incredibly obvious if you look at it- I think you should mention it’s just been shopped, not make out it is the real photo.

sky

No, actually, it’s not mirrored. The reflections in their helmets are going the same way.

HAnimation

It has been digitally altered. If you look at the right astronaut’s backpack, on the square part on the right. It is too clean and sharp because it has been cut out without re-smoothing the edge to blend it. As for the reelection that part of the image is just copied and applied over the mirrored cut out astronaut. Is it quite easy to do. And also there were only ever two astronauts on the moon at a time! So who would be taking the picture!? As the moon lander only had only video cameras on it and they weren’t as good as the still cameras of that decade.

Illusion

I immediately saw it, but I still like the illusion.

peace-angel

Very cool, makes you wonder really!!! SPOOKY

Eric

It’s just a photoshop job. The only change is in the face-mask reflection. Look at the controls (?) on the chest, shoulder patches, arm positions, etc.; mirror images. The skull image is pretty clear. Is this a book cover or movie poster? Looks familiar.

Mary

You are right about the widget helping with this one but the opposite happened with the camel, I was so busy looking at the pool I didn’t see the camel till I clicked to the bigger image.

http://www.moillusions.com coolez

LOL XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD XD just photoshoped a little bit XD)

NeeL

Yep, with the widget it’s more like “Oh, now I see.. Two astronauts with Earth on the background!”

I checked the Skull-label as well, had some real nice ones. I did shiver when I read your post about H.P. Lovecraft and the Call of Cthulhu, but you got shot down in those comments enough to not make that mistake twice. ;)

Thank you again for all these nice illusions!

TheSharpieOne

awesome illusion, for some reason it reminds me of the show “The Venture Bros.”

Jess

Im relatively sure the astronaut has been flipped with photoshop (the creases on the jacket are identical), but it is still a very creepy illusion!

Dolphin

Love it.It’s great.Could you do some animal illusions?I like animals so…Please?

Someone

This might have been the best skull illusion i’ve ever seen. it looks natural, but you can still make out the astronauts

Carlos

Amazing, it’s a double illusion: two astronauts, one skull and two faces!

tina

i like this its looks pretty cool not really an illusion though

Justice193

… this one is only half the photo, flipped over, with the visor of one of them copied onto the other. nice illusion though, very strong.

chris

Skulls in space!

http://www.myspace.com/kaspaxxx Andrew

its almost like a orcs skull is warhammer 40k with the huge jaw (looks better in the small picture on widget)